My Most Amazing, Aspirational, Unrealistic, Impossible Self
After watching a video [1]of a guy living 21 years off-grid and building a bunch of structures, dance studio, sustaining a life (with outside purchases too. And a weird amount of technology and power tools), I am in a state of wondering what my own life would be like if I was at 100% max following my instinctual pursuits without inhibitions or limitations by things like willpower, money, and energy. No, I'm not saying I want to live off-grid (though, I find it really cool how he built everything/mostly on his own).
What does this most amazing, aspirational, unrealistic, impossible version of myself look like? What does he do with his time? What has he accomplished and what does he hope to accomplish?
If I should accomplish a fraction of this list in my lifetime, I should be satisfied.
This list should grow with time (both as I populate the list with what has already been in my mind, as well as with what will spring up over time).
(In the early stages, this list will look puny... I look to my future self to make it look less puny.)
- I have achieved mastery (as defined by the standard of satisfaction set by myself) of the creative trades I am interested in, and have built up a body of work which I am proud to share with others (and enjoy for myself simply for its own sake), and have the confidence and drive to continue such creation moving forward.
- I have developed the skill of lucid dreaming. I have nightly lucid dream experiences (or as often as I want them) which are high quality. Not only do I cultivate fun and awesome and amazing experiences for myself to enjoy, but my dream practice can serve to enhance my waking life through creative inspiration and self exploration.
- I have developed the skill of performing recreational hypnosis such that I am able to hypnotize someone as a party trick and give them a cool experience. My base skill is strong enough to be able to get creative with inductions and suggestions and have fun (for both me and the participants/observers) with it.
Taking this prompt in a completely different direction:
What would my most impossible, unrealistic, aspirational, amazing self do?
With the snap of a finger:
- Solve world peace
- Eliminate unnecessary human suffering
- Increase the lifespan of humans[2] to whatever extent we want[3]
"21 Years Living Off-Grid on a Remote Island in a Self-Built Cabin & Homestead" on "Exploring Alternatives" channel) ↩︎
(and I guess do the same for our pets if we want to -- well, first, add to this list: make it so that animals can talk so they can give their consent for stuff like increasing their lifespan, and also so they can give consent for killing+eating them (I have a feeling they might not consent to the killing+eating part, though, so maybe this will make more people want to be vegan. This footnote got a bit vegan-propaganda, oops))) ↩︎
(maybe this is already captured by "eliminate suffering" but I think it's worth calling out) ↩︎